Steve Bannon claims he knew Trump would win – because fellow prisoners called The Don ‘gangster’ and ‘gladiator’.

former thief MAGA Dear Steve Bannon It is said that their confidence increased Electoral prospects of newly elected President Donald Trump That’s when Pol appeared to win over even the toughest crowd – Bannon’s fellow prisoners.

“Number one, they think he’s a gangster. Number two, they just admire him as a gladiator,” Bannon. told UK’s The Times,

Bannon, 71, was put behind bars in July after being found guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress after he refused a subpoena from a House committee that had been closed since January 6 for testimony and documents. He was released from prison in late October – just days before the 5 November elections.

Bannon said he spent his time in prison teaching civics and other lessons to his fellow inmates, who were predominantly black and Hispanic men — and generally appeared to support Trump from behind bars.

At least some states, including New York, allow convicted felons to vote again — but only after serving their time.

“I just taught capital markets and all that kind of stuff,” Bannon said of his stint behind bars.

The Democratic-led House panel sought information about Bannon’s plots to overturn the 2020 election. But the former White House chief strategist argued that executive privilege prevented him from complying, even though he was not actually in the Trump administration during the period in question.

Before reporting to prison, Bannon insisted, “I am proud to serve my sentence” and claimed that he was a “political prisoner”.

Now that Trump has won the presidential election, Bannon, who is known for his hard-line approach to politics, said he believes the Make America Great Again movement still needs to root out Republicans who oppose the agenda. Work has to be done to uproot it.

“We are very close,” he told the outlet. “We just need to see it.”

Bannon said he believes the movement could continue to govern for years if Trump succeeds in achieving his agenda in his next term.

“If we deliver now, it’s on us. They’ve given that to President Trump. If he completes the economics of it… we will rule for 50 years. We have everything to lose,” Bannon surmised to the outlet.

“We have to institutionalize the populist nationalist revolution in this country, and you will only do that by seizing the institutions, purifying them, reforming them, and building them in the image and likeness of the American people, the working men and women in this country. ,

Bannon emphasizes that he is not a conservative or a Republican, but a nativist who wants to put America first and keep the country out of foreign wars.

Bannon argued, “The terms Republican and Democrat are irrelevant.” “Those are old classifications that don’t matter. You are either a populist nationalist or a global elitist.”

Breaking away from Republican politics, Bannon wants to raise taxes on the rich and billionaires.

“I keep telling the rich: ‘You have to understand something: Unless this changes, you’re going to have a French Revolution in this country,'” Bannon argued.

“Every law, every action that governments take should not just be America first, but should put American citizens first. It should be within this framework: how does it affect the common man or woman, especially (in terms of their economic benefits),” he said at another point in the interview with The Times.

Bannon also rejected some of the culture-war politics that have recently engulfed the GOP, such as the fight over which bathrooms transgenders can use.

“I call it shiny toys or shiny ponies,” Bannon said, dismissing those skirmishes. “It’s a misdirected play.”

Bannon also believes that Europe is ready for a populist insurgency similar to the MAGA movement. He told the British newspaper that he believed Reform UK leader Nigel Farage would eventually become British Prime Minister.

“People have roles in life, right?” Bannon presented. “Someone has to break the system so that someone else can come in and build it.”